Definition for Wakeful:

• Remaining awake, especially at night.

Synonyms for Wakeful:

• adj.

  •alert, restless (adjective)
  • on guard,
  • wary,
  • careful,
  • heedful,
  • on the qui vive,
  • Insomnious,
  • alive,
  • on the lookout,
  • on the alert,
  • attentive.
  •all (adjective)
  • wakeful.
  •awake (adjective)
  • most awakened,
  • most aroused,
  • more roused,
  • more aroused,
  • ex cited,
  • ex-cited,
  • more awakened,
  • most roused.
  •sleepless (adjective)
  • strung out,
  • tossing and turning,
  • wideawake.
  •vigilant (adjective)
  • on toes,
  • on the job,
  • on lookout,
  • looking for,
  • looking to,
  • with weather eye open,
  • on alert,
  • with eyes peeled.
  •watchful (adjective)
  • pre-pared,
  • pre pared,
  • on ones toes,
  • not missing trick,
  • more glued,
  • most glued,
  • on one toes,
  • see after.

• n.

  •
  • toss and turn,
  • bad night.
  •
  • awareness.
  •alert (noun)
  • alert.
  •shallow (noun)
  • shallow.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • Slumberless,
  • unsleeping.
  •
  • wide-awake,
  • with-it,
  • observant,
  • restless,
  • arousal.

Antonyms for Wakeful:

• adj.

  • alert, restless
    unaware, sleepy.
  • Other antonyms:
    deep, careless, thoughtless, dozy, mesmerized, incautious, unvigilant, oblivious, unalert, slumberous, unawakened, somnolent, unwatchful, negligent, nodding, heedless, neglectful, dreaming, dull, unwary, inattentive, slumbering, hypnotized, inconsiderate, napping.

Wakeful Sentence Examples:

• He did not set a guard to sit with wakeful eyes through the night in fear that the pledge was not true.

• Valentine was very wakeful now, and restless; he took some nourishment, and then wanted to talk.